Liverpool duo Sheyi Ojo and Pedro Chirivella have also been linked with a move to the City Ground while Ryan Yates could stay instead of going out on loan having impressed Karanka this summer.

“Yes, I hope it happens before the weekend,” Karanka told Nottingham Post. “We have been doing business really well since the season finished. We know the players we have targeted and it is about bringing in the right one.

“We are not going to make a mistake, because we are building a very good squad and we need to be sure that the right-back who comes in, is also the right one.”